Example sentences of "[noun pl] [conj] perhaps a " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ With regard to future developments , I feel there is a need for some more training in new technology , particularly in the field of computers and perhaps a more systematic approach to training ’ … |
| 2 | If he became excitable , I advised they gently apply the brake on the lead and calm Moby down with quiet words and perhaps a short ‘ sit ’ , before leading him off toward the dog or person again , allowing Moby to become used to their presence . |
| 3 | They concluded that , especially in relation to fluvial processes , explanations that ignore the role of human activities run the risk of eliminating one of the most significant variables and perhaps an appropriate note on which to end this chapter is their affirmation that ( Graf , Trimble , Toy and Costa , 1980 , p. 281 ) : |
| 4 | He said that although he was personally quite happy with things as they were , he understood her doubts and perhaps a trial separation would resolve them one way or the other . |
| 5 | ( At present we are thinking about an all male cheer leader gang , together with pom poms and perhaps a little dance routing cheering ‘ Give me a C , give me an I , give me a B , give me a S , what have you got … |
| 6 | A service between midnight and 0700 should be the responsibility of family health services authorities , which could arrange for visits and perhaps a night time surgery . |
| 7 | The temptation is to rush out to lose one 's aloneness in all sorts of activities and perhaps a wild search for replacement company . |
| 8 | The hamlet I live in consists of thirty houses and perhaps a hundred souls and sits immediately astride the River Itchen . |
| 9 | The dry slope was dotted with rabbits — some nibbling at the thin grass near their holes , others pushing farther down to look for dandelions or perhaps a cowslip that the rest had missed . |
| 10 | But — the thought upset her — would there be any spare money , any pocket-money , for her own small , personal needs , shampoos and stockings and perhaps a little face-cream , that sort of thing ? |
| 11 | With regard to galleries , then , we aim to support a number of strategically placed centres in , say , Brighton , Farnham , Canterbury , Folkestone , St. Leonards and Eastbourne , sufficiently for them , each doing their own thing , in due course to be able to service a touring exhibition network , made up of themselves and the other regional galleries , be able to offer the artist whose work they exhibit or promote a fair deal — that means paying them for their transport , insurance , publicity costs and perhaps a fee for exhibiting their work in public — and finally to organize appropriate marketing and education back-up to their own exhibitions programmes , which both pulls people in to the gallery and reaches out to them in , for example , schools and industry . |
| 12 | It was a zip-up pocket intended for golf balls and perhaps a pipe or a pair of gloves . |
| 13 | Forest , who knocked Spurs out of the Coca-Cola Cup , have not lost at White Hart Lane for seven years and perhaps a draw would have been a fair result . |
| 14 | Many IDE cards have combined serial and parallel printer ports and perhaps a game port . |
| 15 | ‘ I want more waterfalls and perhaps a bridge . ’ |
| 16 | There will certainly be a section where competitors will travel in pirogues ( boats ) pushed by poles and perhaps a paragliding section . ’ |
| 17 | According to organization theory then , there should be several group vice-president conductors and perhaps a half-dozen division VP conductors . |
| 18 | Oh no it was a that would be a misnomer if ever there was one , because there was room for a table and four chairs and perhaps a settee and that was it . |
| 19 | A poor Provençal family might find their great son 's version of a familiar dish lacking in savour , although in its original form it would have made , with a saucerful of olives and perhaps a dish of fresh figs , an entire meal . |
| 20 | to your sandwiches and perhaps an apple or an orange instead |
| 21 | With this in mind , it seems that the program would benefit from some basic drawing tools and perhaps a small library of symbols and clipart , in order to give the program a more graphical feel . |
| 22 | With this in mind , it seems that the program would benefit from some basic drawing tools and perhaps a small library of symbols and clipart , in order to give the program a more graphical feel . |
| 23 | Horse-drawn Corporation open-sided dust carts and perhaps a dozen men were brought into action and , after disposal of the worst of the refuse , the surface was well hosed . |
| 24 | There is much talk of green shoots and perhaps an improvement in the next 12 months . |
| 25 | The changing patterns of incidence of gastric carcinoma may , in part , be related to changes in smoking habits and perhaps a change in incidence of H pylori infection . |
| 26 | Where flint waste is found there are usually hammer stones and perhaps a stone anvil . |
| 27 | ‘ Why , a kind of fur , pale grey and very expensive worn mostly by wealthy Edwardian ladies with a bunch of Parma violets and perhaps a toque . ’ |
| 28 | In the early years of the century , laboratories were for one or two people , with assistants and perhaps a friend or two to watch , to perform research ; or else to carry out routine analyses for a fee ; or a mixture of these things . |
| 29 | What a curious and deep shaft into English society is opened by the reflection that when reputations and perhaps a million pounds in costs alone are at stake , we revert to the patterns of upper-class education . |